Ethical commitments during desperate times

JONA's Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 123-128

  DeWolf Bosek, Marcia Sue ^a,c   Stammer, Karen ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c AAC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; HOMICIDE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; NATURAL DISASTERS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33845482516     PISSN: 15209229     EISSN: 1539073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00128488-200610000-00007     Document Type: Review

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